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Helping to Meet Global Challenges Through Evolutionary Biology
Two categories of evolutionary challenges result from escalating human impacts on the planet....
The pink bollworm, a global pest of cotton, has evolved resistance to genetically modified cotton in India, but not in Arizona where farmers have planted refuges of conventional cotton to reduce selection for resistance. (Photo by Alex Yelich, University of Arizona)